Resources & Agriculture

Economic expansion in northeast British Columbia will be slow this year and next, according to a Central 1 Credit Union report issued September 10, with employment shrinking 4% this year. The economy in the region – which includes Fort St.

Vancouver’s Monument Mining (TSX-V:MMY) has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the Tuckanarra gold project in Western Australia from Phosphate Australia Limited.

The entire leadership team at Vancouver’s troubled Mercator Minerals has been picked clean.

Vast stretches of northern Europe’s wilderness will soon host more Canadian, British, Australian and other companies going ahead with several mining projects in Lapland, a region that covers Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia.

But smaller Metro Vancouver roasters are avoiding global price spikes, for now

The proposed gold mine has local First Nation support and requires no tailings pond

Some politicians in Northeast British Columbia are saying even a temporary halt to fracking could have dire effects on the region that one of the front-runners in the 2015 prime minister’s race may not have fully considered, based on recent comments.

Vancouver’s Fortress Paper (TSX:FTP) is selling all shares in its bank note security subsidiary, Fortress Optical Features, to Nanotech Security Corp. (TSX-V:NTS) for $17.5 million.

Global mining deals picked up in the first half of 2014 and are likely to continue that way for the rest of the year, a SNL Metals & Mining study released Friday shows.

Imperial Metals (TSX:III) announced August 26 that it has entered into an agreement with the Tahltan Central Council (TCC) over the Red Chris mine project.